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A review by marystevens
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin
5.0
Darwin's last book addresses the problem of man's place in the universe.
Far from being made in the image of God or even a link in the great chain of being, the human race is not even the goal of evolution. It is the adaptive product of evolution as are all the other species on earth today.
He concludes that we are descended from a common arboreal ape ancestor, that intelligence is just an adaptive byproduct of evolution and that there is also a moral evolution in that we have adapted for life in society.
His findings on sexual selection were revolutionary for his time. Males compete for females and the females do the choosing - based on what is attractive, viz. the peacock.
Darwin even posits an evolution of ideas. If correct the idea will survive and if wrong it will steer us toward the right idea. What a Romantic!
Far from being made in the image of God or even a link in the great chain of being, the human race is not even the goal of evolution. It is the adaptive product of evolution as are all the other species on earth today.
He concludes that we are descended from a common arboreal ape ancestor, that intelligence is just an adaptive byproduct of evolution and that there is also a moral evolution in that we have adapted for life in society.
His findings on sexual selection were revolutionary for his time. Males compete for females and the females do the choosing - based on what is attractive, viz. the peacock.
Darwin even posits an evolution of ideas. If correct the idea will survive and if wrong it will steer us toward the right idea. What a Romantic!